{"product_id":"small-lives","title":"Small Lives","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn these photographs we see the social and political history of Ireland unfolding. There is wealth and poverty, school, home, work and play.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eWe can see parts of our own childhoods in these photographs. Others belong to a different time, now gone forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eMany of the images are previously unpublished and provide an added dimension to the written record, revealing how children were perceived and presented visually. In part, the book is also a history of the craft of photography; the ways in which children are portrayed in photography changed as much with the mechanics of camera equipment, as they did with the mores of the society in which they lived.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eThrough its more than 140 images\u003cem\u003e Small Lives\u003c\/em\u003e invites you to explore the childhoods of Ireland’s past and to revisit your own childhood. This glimpse into Irish childhood is joyful, nostalgic and, at times, affecting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawn from the collections of the National Library of Ireland, and based on their extremely successful exhibition of the same name,\u003cem\u003e Small Lives\u003c\/em\u003e offers an eclectic survey of Irish childhood as captured by the camera.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gill Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":55123911999875,"sku":"9780717154623","price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/3664\/7811\/files\/c19fbf0b573b8e11ba25c974a8d742b8.jpg?v=1741013024","url":"https:\/\/shop.gill.ie\/products\/small-lives","provider":"Gill","version":"1.0","type":"link"}